![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pangea.jpeg\")
Foto: Autor: User:Kieff \u2013 Vlastn\u00ed tvorba zalo\u017een\u00e1 na: File:Pangaea continents.png, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/p>\nPomal\u00e1 sr\u00e1\u017eka, kter\u00e1 m\u011bn\u00ed tv\u00e1\u0159 Evropy<\/p>\n
Africk\u00e1 litosf\u00e9rick\u00e1 deska se ka\u017edoro\u010dn\u011b posouv\u00e1 k\u00a0severu o\u00a0p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b jeden centimetr. Pokud si p\u0159edstav\u00edme r\u016fst nehtu na lidsk\u00e9 ruce za jeden cel\u00fd kalend\u00e1\u0159n\u00ed rok, dostaneme se k\u00a0velmi podobn\u00e9mu \u010d\u00edslu posunu pevninsk\u00e9 desky. Tento drobn\u00fd posun se kumuluje do zm\u011bny, kter\u00e1 za des\u00edtky milion\u016f let prom\u011bn\u00ed tv\u00e1\u0159 dne\u0161n\u00ed mapy. Geologov\u00e9 odhaduj\u00ed, \u017ee p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b za pades\u00e1t milion\u016f let dne\u0161n\u00ed Afrika naraz\u00ed na evropsk\u00fd kontinent. Z\u00a0dne\u0161n\u00edho pohledu je to nep\u0159edstaviteln\u00e1 doba, v\u00a0m\u011b\u0159\u00edtku Zem\u011b v\u0161ak jde jen o\u00a0kr\u00e1tkou epizodu jej\u00edho dlouh\u00e9ho geologick\u00e9ho \u017eivota a\u00a0budoucnosti.<\/p>\n
Vize z\u00a0roku 1982\u00a0a\u00a0jej\u00ed otec<\/p>\n
Hypot\u00e9zu o\u00a0budouc\u00edm superkontinentu poprv\u00e9 formuloval americk\u00fd paleogeolog Christopher Scotese v\u00a0listopadu 1982.\u00a0Jeho pr\u00e1ce dnes pat\u0159\u00ed mezi z\u00e1kladn\u00ed stavebn\u00ed kameny diskuse o\u00a0tom, jak bude vypadat tv\u00e1\u0159 planety v\u00a0dalek\u00e9 budoucnosti a\u00a0kde budou kontinenty le\u017eet. Hluboko pod povrchem Zem\u011b se neust\u00e1le pohybuje patn\u00e1ct a\u017e dvacet velk\u00fdch tektonick\u00fdch desek. Plavou na \u017ehav\u00e9m pl\u00e1\u0161ti jako obrovsk\u00e9 kry na pomal\u00e9 \u0159ece, kterou nikdy nevid\u00edme sv\u00fdma vlastn\u00edma o\u010dima ani modern\u00edm p\u0159\u00edstrojem. Tato teorie nese jm\u00e9no deskov\u00e1 tektonika a\u00a0dnes je v\u0161eobecn\u011b p\u0159ij\u00edman\u00fdm v\u011bdeck\u00fdm konceptem v\u00a0cel\u00e9 akademick\u00e9 obci.<\/p>\n
Co \u0159ekl Alfred Wegener u\u017e ve 20.\u00a0stolet\u00ed<\/p>\n
My\u0161lenku posunu kontinent\u016f p\u0159edstavil n\u011bmeck\u00fd meteorolog a\u00a0geofyzik Alfred Wegener v\u00a0roce 1912.\u00a0Tehdy mu nikdo nev\u011b\u0159il a\u00a0jeho pr\u00e1ce byla po desetilet\u00ed odm\u00edt\u00e1na jako pouh\u00e1 fantazie nehodn\u00e1 seri\u00f3zn\u00ed v\u011bdy nebo akademick\u00e9 debaty. Wegener za sv\u00e9ho \u017eivota uzn\u00e1n\u00ed nedo\u010dkal a\u00a0zem\u0159el v\u00a0pades\u00e1ti letech b\u011bhem expedice v\u00a0Gr\u00f3nsku.<\/p>\n
Teprve dal\u0161\u00ed generace v\u011bdc\u016f dok\u00e1zaly jeho intuici prom\u011bnit ve v\u011bdeckou jistotu d\u00edky modern\u00edm p\u0159\u00edstroj\u016fm a\u00a0st\u00e1le p\u0159esn\u011bj\u0161\u00edm m\u011b\u0159en\u00edm. Slovo Pangea, kter\u00fdm ozna\u010dil d\u00e1vn\u00fd prakontinent, poch\u00e1z\u00ed ze staro\u0159e\u010dtiny a\u00a0znamen\u00e1 \u201eve\u0161ker\u00e1 zem\u011b\u201c. Prakontinent Pangea m\u011bl tvar p\u00edsmene C a\u00a0existoval zhruba sto milion\u016f let.<\/p>\n
Foto: Autor: User:Kieff \u2013 Vlastn\u00ed tvorba zalo\u017een\u00e1 na: File:Pangaea continents.png, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/p>\n
Pangea<\/p>\n
St\u0159edomo\u0159\u00ed, kter\u00e9 pomalu miz\u00ed<\/p>\n
P\u0159ed zhruba t\u0159iceti miliony let se africk\u00e1 deska podsouvala pod eurasijskou v\u00a0rozs\u00e1hl\u00e9 subduk\u010dn\u00ed z\u00f3n\u011b z\u00e1padn\u00edho St\u0159edomo\u0159\u00ed. Dnes je situace jin\u00e1 a\u00a0hlubok\u00e9 procesy v\u00a0pl\u00e1\u0161ti p\u0159episuj\u00ed pravidla vz\u00e1jemn\u00e9 komunikace mezi ob\u011bma tektonick\u00fdmi deskami sv\u011bta. Gibraltarsk\u00fd pr\u016fliv, kter\u00fd odd\u011bluje \u0160pan\u011blsko a\u00a0Maroko, m\u00e1 v\u00a0neju\u017e\u0161\u00edm m\u00edst\u011b pouh\u00fdch t\u0159in\u00e1ct kilometr\u016f. Z\u00a0marock\u00e9ho pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed lze za jasn\u00e9ho slune\u010dn\u00e9ho dne \u0161pan\u011blsk\u00fd b\u0159eh p\u0159ehl\u00e9dnout pouh\u00fdm okem bez jak\u00e9koliv techniky \u010di sebemen\u0161\u00edho dalekohledu. Pod t\u00edmto \u00fazk\u00fdm mo\u0159sk\u00fdm pruhem se rozprost\u00edr\u00e1 Gibraltarsk\u00fd oblouk, hluboce ukryt\u00e1 hranice mezi africkou a\u00a0eurasijskou deskou.<\/p>\n
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Foto: Autor: No machine-readable author provided. Hlohning assumed (based on copyright claims)<\/p>\n
Gibraltar<\/p>\n
Lisabon a\u00a0pomal\u00e1 migrace oblouku<\/p>\n
V\u00fdzkum veden\u00fd portugalsk\u00fdm tektonikem Jo\u00e3em Duartem z\u00a0Lisabonsk\u00e9 univerzity uk\u00e1zal, \u017ee se tento oblouk pomalu posouv\u00e1 sm\u011brem do Atlantiku. Posun, jej\u017e norm\u00e1ln\u00ed oko ani modern\u00ed p\u0159\u00edstroj v\u00a0re\u00e1ln\u00e9m \u010dase nepost\u0159ehne, m\u011bn\u00ed postupn\u011b geometrii cel\u00e9ho kontaktu mezi deskami obou kontinent\u016f. V\u00a0roce 1755\u00a0zni\u010dilo Lisabon obrovsk\u00e9 zem\u011bt\u0159esen\u00ed a\u00a0n\u00e1sledn\u00e1 vlna tsunami, kter\u00e1 m\u011bsto b\u011bhem n\u011bkolika minut p\u0159ev\u00e1lcovala. Trhliny v\u00a0zemsk\u00e9 k\u016f\u0159e tedy nedok\u00e1\u017eeme p\u0159ehl\u00ed\u017eet ani v\u00a0lidsk\u00fdch \u010dasov\u00fdch m\u011b\u0159\u00edtk\u00e1ch, by\u0165 postupuj\u00ed ka\u017ed\u00fdm rokem zcela nepatrn\u011b a\u00a0t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 neviditeln\u011b. Superkontinenty vznikaj\u00ed v\u00a0cyklech zhruba ka\u017ed\u00fdch t\u0159i sta a\u017e p\u011bt set milion\u016f let.<\/p>\n
Hory vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e Everest<\/p>\n
St\u0159edozemn\u00ed mo\u0159e dnes zab\u00edr\u00e1 podle dostupn\u00fdch m\u011b\u0159en\u00ed p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b 970\u00a0tis\u00edc \u010dtvere\u010dn\u00edch mil. Pro p\u0159edstavu jde o\u00a0jednu z\u00a0nejv\u00fdznamn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch vodn\u00edch ploch obklopuj\u00edc\u00ed ji\u017en\u00ed okraj Evropy, cel\u00e9 severn\u00ed pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed Afriky a\u00a0cel\u00e9 jejich okol\u00ed. P\u0159i sr\u00e1\u017ece Afriky s\u00a0Evropou se St\u0159edozemn\u00ed mo\u0159e zcela uzav\u0159e a\u00a0zmiz\u00ed. Tehdy je\u0161t\u011b nikdo netu\u0161il, \u017ee se z\u00a0dne\u0161n\u00ed modr\u00e9 hladiny stane jednou kamenn\u00e9 poho\u0159\u00ed v\u00a0sam\u00e9m srdci nov\u00e9ho superkontinentu. Na m\u00edst\u011b dne\u0161n\u00ed vodn\u00ed hladiny vyroste dlouh\u00e9 p\u00e1smo hor, kter\u00e9 v\u011bdci naz\u00fdvaj\u00ed St\u0159edozemn\u00ed horsk\u00fd \u0159et\u011bzec. N\u011bkter\u00e9 vrcholky budou podle model\u016f vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e Mount Everest a\u00a0vyrostou mezi \u0160pan\u011blskem, \u0158eckem, It\u00e1li\u00ed a\u00a0Egyptem.<\/p>\n
![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stredozemni-more.jpeg\")
Foto: Autor: O H 237 \u2013 Vlastn\u00ed d\u00edlo, CC BY-SA 4.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=38364150<\/p>\n
St\u0159edozemn\u00ed mo\u0159e<\/p>\n
Glob\u00e1ln\u00ed pohyb desek a\u00a0budoucnost mapy<\/p>\n
Zat\u00edmco se Atlantsk\u00fd oce\u00e1n ka\u017edoro\u010dn\u011b roz\u0161i\u0159uje, Tich\u00fd oce\u00e1n se naopak postupn\u011b zmen\u0161uje. Pohyby desek tak nep\u016fsob\u00ed jen lok\u00e1ln\u011b, ale ovliv\u0148uj\u00ed celou glob\u00e1ln\u00ed mapu oce\u00e1n\u016f, ostrov\u016f a\u00a0sou\u0161\u00ed nap\u0159\u00ed\u010d celou planetou. Zat\u00edmco z\u00e1padn\u00ed Afrika opisuje pohyb po sm\u011bru hodinov\u00fdch ru\u010di\u010dek, v\u00fdchodn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1st se odkl\u00e1n\u00ed k\u00a0Arabsk\u00e9mu poloostrovu. Pohyb tektonick\u00fdch desek dosahuje rychlosti p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b jeden a\u00a0p\u016fl a\u017e deset centimetr\u016f za rok.<\/p>\n
Afrika, kter\u00e1 se z\u00e1rove\u0148 trh\u00e1 vejp\u016fl<\/p>\n
Africk\u00fd kontinent se z\u00e1rove\u0148 postupn\u011b trh\u00e1 pod\u00e9l obrovsk\u00e9 pukliny zvan\u00e9 V\u00fdchodoafrick\u00fd rift. Krajina v\u00fdchodn\u00ed Afriky se tak p\u0159ipravuje na sv\u016fj zcela nov\u00fd osud, by\u0165 ten se odv\u00edj\u00ed v\u00a0pomal\u00e9m geologick\u00e9m tempu pohybu desek a\u00a0stolet\u00edch.<\/p>\n
Tato puklina se t\u00e1hne v\u00a0d\u00e9lce p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b 2\u00a0174\u00a0mil od Rud\u00e9ho mo\u0159e po Mozambik. Rift vznikl u\u017e v\u00a0mioc\u00e9nu, p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b p\u0159ed p\u011btadvaceti miliony let. Proch\u00e1z\u00ed nap\u0159\u00ed\u010d des\u00edtkou africk\u00fdch zem\u00ed, mezi n\u011b\u017e pat\u0159\u00ed Etiopie, Ke\u0148a, Tanzanie i\u00a0Mozambik. Za p\u011bt a\u017e deset milion\u016f let se podle v\u011bdc\u016f mezi N\u00fabijskou a\u00a0Som\u00e1lskou deskou rozev\u0159e zcela nov\u00fd oce\u00e1n. Indick\u00fd subkontinent se v\u00a0minulosti pohyboval rychlost\u00ed patn\u00e1cti centimetr\u016f ro\u010dn\u011b, jeho sr\u00e1\u017eka s\u00a0Asi\u00ed zrodila Him\u00e1laje.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pangaea_Proxima<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/article\/555882\/mediterranean-sea-could-disappear-distant-future<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/strait-of-gibraltar-tectonic-plate-movements-in-gibraltar-arc-strait-slowly-disappearing\/<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.scotese.com\/future.htm<\/p>\n
https:\/\/volcano.oregonstate.edu\/pangaea-present-lesson-2<\/p>\n
https:\/\/education.nationalgeographic.org\/resource\/continental-drift-versus-plate-tectonics\/<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Pangea<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.sciencenewstoday.org\/the-geology-of-earths-continents-how-they-moved<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/new-ocean-being-born-africa-splits-afar-ethiopia-rift-11386923<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/article\/110419-europe-africa-mediterranean-earthquake-risk-increasing-earth-science<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/africa-is-splitting-into-two-continents-and-a-vast-new-ocean-could-eventually-open-up-81978<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pomal\u00e1 sr\u00e1\u017eka, kter\u00e1 m\u011bn\u00ed tv\u00e1\u0159 Evropy Africk\u00e1 litosf\u00e9rick\u00e1 deska se ka\u017edoro\u010dn\u011b posouv\u00e1 k\u00a0severu o\u00a0p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b jeden centimetr. Pokud si…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[926,54,53,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-86748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-svet","8":"tag-afrika","9":"tag-svet","10":"tag-world","11":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116579280706452465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}